Attachment for horse-brushes.



No. 857.268. A PATBNTEDY'JUNE 18.. 1907.'

' o. I. BUSH.y

ATTACHMENT FOR HORSE BRUSHES. APPLIOATION PILEp PEB. 1. 190e.

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coRYDoN i. BUSH, or PORTSMOUTH, oHio'.

ATTACHMENT FOR HORSE-BRUSHES` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .rune 1s, 1907.

Application led February 1, 1906. Serial No.-299,036. l

To all wil/c0711, t nto/y concern:

Be it known that I, CORYDON I. BUSH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Horse-Brushes, &c.; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The principal object of the invention is, to secure a horse brush, or similar device to the hand, so as to prevent its accidental withdrawal from the back strap and also relieve the fatigue occasioned by the grasp of the hand, so that the hand may be at liberty and free to govern or change the position of the brush at will. Second, to increase or decrease the tension of the hand securing means.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of parts, such aswill befirst fully described and then speciiically pointed out in the claims` In the drawings: Figure 1. is a view in perspective, of a horse brush, with the hand shown in dotted lines and in position beneath the back strap and the novel hand securing devices upon the brush and back strap. Fig. 2. is a cross, sectional view of the back strap on the brush, taken through the toothed plate and the clips securing said plate to the strap, also showing a portion of the pivoted tooth engaging bar, and-Fig. 3.

is a view, in perspective, of a portion of the' back strap, showing a modied form of the toothed plate. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- 11'10 tleferring to the drawings, 5 indicates a horse brush, of the usual description, it being composed of a back 6, oblate in form, and the fibrous portion 7. Connected with the longitudinal edge portions of the back 6, of the brush, is a wide back strap 8, the strap extending in the line of an arc of a circle above the back 6, and beneath which the hand is extended in the use of the brush.

Upon the upper surfaceL of the back strap, at a point intermediate the ends of the back strap is the band holder, consisting of a curved' strip or plate 9, arranged edgewise in position, and which is in the Shape of a horse shoe, the curved portion being adjacent to the rear edge of the back strap and the ends of the plate extended forwardly to within a short distance ,of the forward'edge of said strap. Between the ends of plate 9 is connected rigidly a transverse base plate 10. Upon the forward edge of plate 10 are the flexible clasping oints or extensions 12, 12, which are bent ownwardly and extended upon the under surface of the back Strap'8. With the inner edge of plate 10, at a point equi-distant from the sides of the plate 9, is connected a pivot plate 14, which is narrow in width and extends a considerable distance inwardly in the direction of the curved portion of said plate 9. With the upper edge of said curved portion of plate 9 is rigidly connected a narrow strip or plate 15, which extends a short distance inwardly, and in'said plate is a horizontal slot 16.

Beneath the plate 15 is a detachable U shaped clamping plate for plate 9, oneportion 17 of which extends vertically in direction and adjacent to the rearedge portion of the strap 8, and the other portions 18 and 19 extend at right angles thereto, the portion 18 bearing upon the under Surface of the strap 8, and the other portion 19 bearing upon the under surface of the plate 15. In the portion 19 of the plate is a screw threaded opening 20. an adjusting clamping screw 21,` which extends through the opening 20, in the plate 15, and bears upon the upper'surface of the strap 8.

In the upper edge portion of the sides of plate 9 are a series of forwardly extended, curved teeth 22, which are spacedapart, having between themV the depressions 23.

' 24 indicates a band securing arm or bar, a short portion of which is. bent downwardly and reduced in circumference and extended through the perforation 25, in the pivot plate 14,A the said reduced portion being upset upon the under surface of the Said plate, The other end of the bar 24 extends a short distance beyond the outer surface of the plate 9 and a short portion of said end bent in an upward direction to form a wrist, the bar resting normally in one of the depressions 23, in plate 9. bent end of bar 9 is secured a disk 26, which forms a shoulder above the bend in said bar.

27 indicates the 'hand securing strap or band, oneend of which is perforated and ex- Upon the said upwardly In the slot 16, of plate 15, is inserted ICO` IIC

i strap, thence upwardly past the rearedge of tends over theupwardly bent end of bar 24 and bears on the disk 26; A separate disk 28, is secured to said upwardly bent end of the bar 24 above ther end of strap27, which prevents the accidental removal 'of the strap.

The other end ofstrap 27`is extended to form a loop, soas to'pass over the back of the hand past the joint ofthe th'umb and toa position beneath the backstrap 8, and is secured removably to the' upper surface of the back 6,

` by means of a screw 29, the said end portion above the position of its lower end, which movement extends the loop and permits the hand to enter the loop and pass under the. jstrap 8, the thumb being as usual, bearing on the outer surface of the said strap. In this vposition of the hand the bar 24 is turned upon itspivot as far as required to enable the slack inthe loop in the strap to bedrawn inwardly,

and hold the hand, the bar Lpassing readily over the curved teeth 22, and enteringthe proper depression23, the brush being then fastened totheha'nd.'` f

the Aemployment of the brush the ngers not being required to vgrasp the back of the brush, bear upon the upperl surface without fatigue,thepositions ofthe brush bein read- `ily changed by the pressure of the gers. In brushes with. liexible backs the hand is yfree to raise the brush to takel a curved position. f vInstead of the` curved plate 9 in which the teeth are formed, a structure of slight cost i may-be employed, as indicated in the modiication in Fig. 3, in which 31 indicates a series of teeth formed from a single piece of wire. `The teeth are made to Icorrespond i with the teleth 22,'in Fig. 1, as to shape. The' ,a SO

i teeth are first formedin the wire intermediate its ends, and kthenthe series of teeth bent in a `"curvedor U'shape, and'placed in position on the back strap, as in. Fig; 1, the series of teethBl at theend ofthe series at the forkward edge of theback strap being secured rigidly to the upper surface and ends of a transverse plate 32, the intermediate portion of is curved lor arched upwardly and perforated at 33. :The ends 84,`of the wire from which the teeth 31 .are formed are extendedupon the under surface of the Aback "the'ba'ck strap and secured to theportions of the wire teeth adjoining thereto.

The securing bar 35 is bent downwardly at its inner end and aportion reduced in size extendedwithin the perforations 33, in the transverse plat`ep32and upset as in Fig. 1.

The hand securing "strap is `secured to the The brush canvbesecured yto either right or left hand, the arm orbar 24 being moved in the half circuit from one side of plate 9, to

The invention is applicable to the secur-` ing ofthefree ends of any band, so that the slack can be taken up and to implements other `than horse brushes, and such modifications employed as are within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: y

1. In a brush attachment the combina tion with the back strap a hand retaining band anda base plate on said back strap, an arm pivotally connected with the base plate with which the free end of the hand retain-A ing band is connected, a fixed su port for the end'of the hand retaining .ban o posite to that connected with said arm and ocking devices for said arin on said base plate.

2. In a brushattachment the combination with the back strap a hand retaining band, a'base'plate on said back strap an arn ivotally connected at one end with sai end of said arm with which the free end of the hand retaining band is connected, a fixed support for the end of said hand retaining band opposite to that connected with said arm and inclined teeth on said base plate engaged by said pivoted arm. `3. In a brush attachment the combination with the back strap a hand retaining band, a base plate on the back strap, securing devices on the said base plate with whichv the free end of the hand retaining band is connected, a nxed support for the end of the said hand retaining band opposite to that connected with the securing devices, and adjustable securing devices on the base plate.

4. A horse brush a back stra thereon, a hand retaining band connecte at one end with the back of the brush, and a band holding and taking up device, detachably connected with the back strap and with which the otherv end of the hand retaining band is connected.

5. In a brush attachment, the combination with the back of the brush, a back strap, a hand retaining band secured at one end to the back of the brush, a plate on the back strap, an arm pivotally connected at one end with said plate and having the other end pivotally connected with the free end of the hand retaining band, and securing means for the arm connected with the said plate.

6, In a brush attachment, the combinaase plate and a wrist upon the outer IOC IIO

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tion With the back of the brush, a back strap,

a hand retaining band secured at one end to the back of the brush, a plate on the back strap7 an arm pivotally connected at one end With the said plate and having the other end pivotally connected with the free end of the hand retaining band, and retaining devices for said arm eonnected With said plate.

7. In a brush attachment7 .the combination With the back of the brush, a back strap, a hand retaining band detaehably secured at one end to the back of the brush, a plate secured to the back strap7 and an arm piv0t' ally connected at one end to said plate and having the other end pivotally connected With the free end of the hand retaining band, a curved plate connected With the plate on the back of the strap7 having toothed openings adapted to receive said arm7 an inwardly extended plate on the upper edge of said curved plate having a slot, a clamping plate on the back strap and an adjusting screw. CORYDON I. BUSH. Witnesses:

' NELLIE B. QUESTEL,

FRANK WV. MOULTON. 

